WN8Southwest Airlines · HOU → MDW
live · 53m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN8 HoustonHOU · 08:05 ChicagoMDW · 09:10

WN8 by Southwest Airlines flies from Houston (HOU) to Chicago (MDW) for the Sun, Oct 18 departure.

Same number through HOU → DAL → MDW

Right nowScheduled · gate 3 · as of 04:52
08:05

departs HOU · on schedule

Typical gate push+8 minmedian posted departure

The route today

live boards
HOUHoustonOn-time likelyHOU delay board →
MDWChicagoOn-time likelyMDW delay board →
HOU→MDWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
43%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.3%Chance of cancellation
+9 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at HOU and MDW are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Houston to Chicago flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN4242departs 05:35
WN1636departs 06:00
WN4departs 07:00
WN6departs 07:40
WN10departs 08:30
WN14departs 09:30

If WN8 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Houston to Chicago on the same day, with scheduled departure times in HOU local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN8 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN8 across the HOU and MDW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 3 completed legs so far: landed +13 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN8 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-16HOU 08:00 08:08 (+8)MDW
10-15HOU 08:00 07:59 (−1)MDW

Aircraft

Recent tails: N481WN, N452WN, N429WN.

Board clocks recorded as HOU and MDW published them.

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